Months after the Rana Plaza factory disaster in Bangladesh, victims’ families have received little to no compensation, and improvements in labor and safety remain largely unrealized. (The Nation)

Through hands-on classroom projects, Detroit Future Schools is making education “more human.” The Atlantic highlights three other programs that are doing a good job of educating low-income students. (Michigan Radio, The Atlantic)

With millions of poor people spending more than half their income on rent, a coalition of nonprofit groups is working to preserve housing units that low- and moderate-income families can afford. Plus, how to help low-income people borrow money responsibly, build credit and enter the economic mainstream. (NPR, The New York Times)